President Donald Trump said he will arrange a meeting with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, adding that he wanted things to work out well for America’s biggest city.

Newsweek contacted Mamdani’s office seeking comment by email after office hours on Sunday evening.

Why It Matters

Trump branded Mamdani a “communist,” questioned his citizenship and threatened to arrest him in the run-up to his victory in New York’s mayoral election on November 4. The president also suggested he would withhold federal funding or deploy federal troops to New York City if Mamdani was elected mayor.

Trump’s willingness to meet Mamdani should help to ease tensions between the city’s leadership and federal authorities. The relationship between the Trump administration and the city could affect milli

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